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G. S. FRAZEY.

MILK COQLER.

No. 313,309. Patented'lvrar. 3, 1385.

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l GUY S. FRAZEY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWv JERSEY.

lIVIILKHCOOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LetterslPatent No. 313,309, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed February 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUY S. FRAZEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain` new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cool ers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention consists, essentially, in certain improvements in the construction of a case or box for receiving milk-cans and cooling the milk therein and raising the cream on such milk. This box or case is designed to be used in connection with an improved construction of milk can or pail described and shown in my application for patent led on even date herewith, Serial No. 120,732; but while the two devices are admirably adapted to be used in conjunction with each other, still it is possible to use them separately, or with other devices differing somewhat in character.

lIn the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan View with the cover turned back of my improved case or box for receiving the cans and cooling the milk therein, with cans in position within said case orbox. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvvcrtical section, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof through the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. t

In this arrangement, A represents the mill;- cans, which are preferably of the construction shown and described in myapplication for patent heretofore referred to, but any other suitable construction of can may be used in lieu thereof, provided its lid or cover is provided with suitable overtlow orifices or recesses to admit of the water as it trickles down upon the lids from the boxes C', to be presently described, readily iiowing oif from said cover in order that the top of said can may never be entirely submerged in water, as it is one of the main objects of this part of my invention to cool the milk in the cans without submerging said cans; and this result I accomplish by the peculiar construction of the device to be presently described, taken, preferably', in conjunction with the peculiar construction of can or pail heretofore referred to.

Still any can, as heretofore intimated, constructed to admitof the water flowing readily oif the cover may be employed.

A vrepresents a box or caseof any suitable shape to adapt the same to receive one or more of the milk-cans, such as heretofore referred to.

In the form shown inY the drawings the box is adapted to receive three of such cans, the box being divided into the requisite number of compartments by transverse strips ax, and the lid or cover B is shown as formed in three independent hinged sections, each havingon its top a box, U, within which is placed ice, although, if desired, the box may be provided with any greater or less number of ice-boxes, and the lid may be formed of more or less sections. Each of these boxes C is provided with a cap or cover, D', which may either be hinged thereto and secured by any suitable retaining device, or it may consist of a cap adapted to slide up and down upon said boxes C', as desired. Perforations b are formed in the bottoms of the boxes C', to allow of the water resulting from the melting of the ice dropping down upon the tops of the cans beneath, as shown in the drawings. By increasing the area of these perforations b, the water resulting from the melting of the ice in the boxes C will not only drop down upon the tops of the cans, but also drop down within the box A surrounding said cans.

At each end of the box A', on theinterior thereofLare transverse ledges or gutters c2, which are recessed at their top inner edges, as shown at bx, to receive and support the perforated tubes d on the bottoms of the boxes C. down upon the box A', the sectional portions of the tubes d attached to the inner or lower side of cover B will rest within such recesses bx, and also within the recessed or depressed portions e of the strips ax, and come together, and thus produce continuous tubes through which the water can readily pass from the pipe D2 at one end of the box to the other end thereof.

D2 represents a pipe, tube, or other suitable device through which water from anyvdesired When the sectional cover B is closed` or convenient source is supplied to the tubesl d'. The water entering such tube d' is cooled in its passage across or under the ice-boxes C. A small portion of this water and that resulting from the melting of the ice trickles down through the perfor-ations in the tubes d and t-he perforations bin the boxes C either upon the tops of the cans when such tubes and cans are in line vertically with each other, as they may be either by placing the cans beneath either tube or by forming the tubes nearer the center of the cover than they are shown in the drawings, or by using cans of a circumference equal to the area covered by the tube-sections, or in the manner heretofore described; but the main portion of the water passes along said tubes to the gutter at the opposite end ofthe box A', from whence it iows through the pipe E' to or near the bottom of the box A. An overllow-opening,f', is formed in or near the end of the box A' at p which the water enters, through which the surplus is discharged, thereby insuring a constant circulation of water within the box A' and the rapid cooling` ofthe milk and raising of the cream in the cans placed in said box. The cans are placed within the box A' so that the ventilatontuhe in the cover is to one side of the perforation b' in the boxes C', in order that the perforated disk on the top of such tube may remain open for the purpose of allowing the escape from the cans of the animal-heat from the milk and preventing the entrance of water within the can.

When it is desired to remove the can from the box A', the cover B' is turned back, the perforated disk closed, and the can tilted slightly to allow the water that has collected within the rim on the top of the can to ow off through theslits in said rim, then, by grasping the handle on the can, said can, or any one, can be readily removed without disturbance to the rest of the cans or causing the temperature to change in any perceptible degree or in any sense exposing the surface of the milk not ready to be removed or skimmed.

If desired, an additional slit or orifice may be formed in said rim near the bottom, or to extend from top to bottom thereof, and be provided with a sliding shutter or valve, so that by sliding such shutter or valve away from such larger slit or orifice the Water within the rim can readily flow otf the cover.

Having thus Idescribed my invention, what I' claim is l. The box A', having gutters 02, strips ax, tube E', and a water entrance and exit at one end thereof', in combination with the cover B', provided with tubes d', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The box A', having gutters c?, strips ax, tube E', and a water entrance and exit at one end thereof', in combination with the cover B', provided with ice-boxes C' and tubes d', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. rlhe combination of a milk can or pail provided with a cover having suitable overflow-openings, cover B', having tubes d', and the box A', having gutters c, strips (LX, tube E', and water entrance and exit at one end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GUY S. FRAZEY.

N'Vitnesses:

Crais. J. GoocH, E. P. HoUGH. 

